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Update on my vulcan progress, had a decent session with jdrummer at esso this evening and managed to get around 180 degrees a couple of times and slide a bit before getting ejected out the back, lots of speed, hard sheet in and weight forward and over the board really helped me get the rotation.

Also amazing how much your mind plays a role, I found if I thought about it too long after unhooking it all went to pot but if you just unhook pop and go for it it seems to make a huge difference.

Now need to focus on hand change and get leaning back the way I came so I can stop crashing out the back.

1. No need to jump as high as you do. I always find them a lot harder to land if I end up too high.

2. The old back hand needs to sheet in hard as you pop, then immediately go to the boom to do the hand change. This encourages the weight to stay over the board. At the moment your hand ends up way out over the side of the board.

I did exactly the same thing until someone told me to concentrate on the hand change, which makes a big difference.

3. Related to this is your body position at the start. It needs to be right over the mast foot i.e. as forward as you can get. This feels totally unnatural and unpowerful, but it is essential.

To get a bit physics-y, there are two forces trying to throw you off balance which you must over come:
1: being as close to the centre of rotation minimises the centrifugal force throwing you to the outside of the turn.
2. Leaning back the way you've come avoids the deceleration throwing you in the direction you were originally travelling at.

Both of these forces are trying to throw you out the back door, which is why the weight must be in such a forward position to overcome them!